Socializing permits an exchange of ideas or input. Thus, it would help you gain knowledge for which you can either choose to apply them in real life or that you'd remain to be agnostic to the opinions of others.

Is this a thread that goes parallel with the idea of Nature vs. nurture theory that is used in psychological circles? Personally I agree that socialization affects our personality as different stimuli make us respond in certain ways. Church for example would be considered a stimuli though if its is good or not depends on what the subject experiences, the same with any of the other five categories. A person with a negative personality probably had some terrible experiences in their lives that cause them to be so antagonistic towards others. Positive experiences with other people in specific places all have a role in determining our personality, as the general personality of a person is the cumulative experience of events from various possibilities. One person may have nothing but good experiences but suffer with a mean personality because they have fooled themselves into believing that they are above all the rest. Of course, there is also the possibility of innate paranoia or previous experience which could lead to such a personality despite their current circumstance.

its in your genes, then as your developing its between the interaction of your parents, who in turn go through those same and other social things, during which what you hear experience and are nurtured during development are first hand and second hand and third hand, caus your experience is not just yours but your mothers, and hers interaction with others and your father, in a way perhaps similar to the holy trinity in experience wise because you get information feelings and nurturing in ways not just your own but your parents how they interact and what occurs during their days, more so this is why a healthy household and family relations of passion and care are a need most definete during pregnancy, one most important rule is the way you treat others and how they treat you and in turn the responses given to this, and this is just during pregnancy not even going into birth and babtism, or perhaps even the effects of mass on children and even how the envireonment plays a role on everything in their health and personality, even if the kid gets any surgerys or witnesses things, and during thier first years how thier treated and raised is a huge factor and how they see people live and interact and how arethey treated, this is why rascism can be so evil, because it can be part of a long series of convoluting acts of hatred ruining the childs innocence and development of potential kindness and loving attitude one must treat everyone caringly and unjudgementally even going so far as to give charity for the sake of charity, it can be a hard thing to learn without example and even harder to appreciate if they are neglected or see others neglected

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"How your personality is developed through the process of socialization."

I think I'm a little in love with this topic. I feel its greatly important to observe how societal interaction can affect us. Therefore I've chosen to give this a some indepth answers. Sorry if its a bit long, but I can promise it wont be too boring!

BASED ON THIS CATEGORIES:

1. FAMILY: In my family, many of its members suffer from a thing I call blind loyalty. It's when no matter how much harm another member of the family causes you, you turn a blind eye and continue to embrace them, no matter how much they keep knocking you down. At first I had this mindset, but as I grew older I saw how it began to change people that I loved and used to have a great deal of spirit, become grey bitter or sad individuals. It's not so much that it struck fear into me but that it awakened me to the fact that even if a person is a blood relative, there should ALWAYS be a limit to just how much you allow them to hurt you.

Some of my family members also suffer from this thing called Lack of Personal Responsibility. They search high and low for anyone to blame but themselves for the misgivings about their life. They also complain a lot without even seeking a solution. Most of the time there are complaints that are up to 10 or 15 years old. Due to this behaviour I have become very adament to always change the things about me and my surroundings that I dont like. If I cant change the surroundings I just sever all ties and try to live a healthier happier life without it. Also, I've encountered that many times, an issue can be resolved in unorthodox ways, making me one of the more liberal, if a bit more grounded individuals in my family.

This is not to say my family is all bad. In fact its not. Due to their influences from the people they were before becoming grey and bitter or sad, I have come to find that Faith is not about religion and definitely not about following a book written by humans. It's about having something to believe in when times are hard, and believing it because you feel its right and good for all involved, not because something else indicates you should. Thanks to my absolutely crazy parents I have learned that love comes in many forms, and that being an artist can translate into many different functions in life. I'm in no way conventional, but I've chosen a conventional profession. Mainly due to the fact that Archeology will allow me to combine all of the things I love. History, Science, Photography, and Writing. These are things I wouldn't value so much if it weren't for my family. One of my moms cousins, took every box my great grandmother had in our storage shed and burned them, knowing that they were baby pictures of me and baby clothes and items I would have eventually passed down to my children. No one ever really spoke of our families history or much about our heritage, and when I turned 18 I grew thirsty to find out who I was and where I came from as a person, as a whole. Thats where my love of history began to grow. Science began from my father getting sick and having to have repeated surgeries. I knew that life continued to flourish because there are scientists who are out there working hard to not only keep everyone alive as long as humanly natural, but also searching for the past and events that led us to where we are now. Photography is something that just happened, but luckily I had parents who were willing to indulge my artistic nature and constantly encouraged me to continue with it, even when it got difficult, thanks to this I know now what I'm capable of, as an artist. Writing has always been there, but if it weren't for tears my mother sometimes choked back due to the writing, or the way my father often took time to read it (he hates to read), I would have given up a very long time ago.

With family comes good and bad but its how we apply the lessons we learn that make us who we are. Anyone can use the excuse of "Oh my family did this to me" to never accomplish anything, but others use it as a reason to accomplish something better.

2. PEER GROUPS: I was almost always a loner. I was either taller, or more developed, or I studied more. I also seem to very rarely feel connections with people my own age. many times by the time they reach the point they are currently at in their lives, I've already encountered it and moved on. I rarely have similar interests. This caused me a lot of problems in high school where I was considered a social butterfly even though I didnt want to be, and at times was also the target for bitter people. Surprisingly the bitter people weren't the "goths, punks, rebels". No those groups were kind, albeit very hypocritical for the sake of their own popularity within their own crowds. The ones who did most harm were the ones who came from good homes and great families, who rarely had trouble with popularity at school. I was placed in advanced classes even as a freshman and sophomore, so often times I ended up studying in classes with Juniors and Seniors. This made many of them angry. Especially during classes like honors english which to them was supposed to be a bird course (easy), but the second I came into class it became actual work because I enjoyed discussing the material we learned. It got me into a lot of fights and a lot of unhealthy habits. Soon after I tested out of high school, earning a legitimate high school diploma rather than a GED due to my high scores on the test. Later on, I found out many of the people who picked on me ended up in not such great jobs and lives. Instead of being bitter I chose to wish them the best and moved on.

3. SCHOOL: I was always a very studious person so school defined my self esteem. The more I knew the happier I was, the more obstacles I encountered while trying to learn, the worse I felt, so the peer groups in high school really did a lot of damage. Luckily after testing out I enrolled in college and there I felt like I was on slightly more stable ground. I voice my opinion and if they don't like it they don't have to listen. No one has the right to knock me down anymore. Actually they never did, but I didnt know that before now did I?

4. WORKPLACE: Due to some of the slacker members of my family I developed an intense work ethic. In fact I'm a workaholic. But I'm also very caring and attentive to my students, and my coworkers. Doing the best I can to make someones day a little bit better gives me a feeling of satisfaction. Watching the way sometimes people became miserable with their jobs, I also learned when to say its time for me to move on. Also getting sick due to being a workaholic, so sick that I had to leave school and work for a whole year, I learned what MY personal limit is and when to say "stop".

5. CHURCH: This is a little complicated. I have faith, I believe in something. I don't preach it. I guess this is part of who I am because I went to catholic school, and during that time period I found out that my birth fathers family was actually from Israel and Palestine and in reality, were Jewish. One day during religion class my teacher had the audacity to say that the jews got what they deserved in WW2 because they killed Jesus Christ. It enraged me that a) she said that people deserved to suffer like that over something they individually were not to blame for. None of those people were THERE when that supposedly happened, so they should not be punished as a people for an ancient crime. and B.)she had her ideas greatly misconstrued, which pissed me off because I had read the bible in english, spanish, and french, and all of them clearly stated that the romans crucified Christ. Now I'm NOT saying this is fact. I for one believe faith and facts don't come from a book but from evidence itself. But it was still wrong of her to claim something that was clearly stated in the text she was teaching as something else.

6. NEIGHBORHOOD: I've moved around a lot. From low class garages in dingy lonely neighborhoods, to upscale high rise apartments, to middle class inner city places. All of them left an impression on the person I wanted to be as an adult.

From the low class garage I realized I wanted to always strive for better, never to accept the scraps just because I dont want to earn a full meal. I learned that life hands you tough choices and sometimes you have to pick the thing that breaks your heart but helps another. From the dingy neighborhoods I learned that sticking a needle in my arm with some high glitter inducing love drug wont fix any of my problems but will make them glow even brighter once the high wears off. In the upscale apartments I realized money wont buy love or happiness, it wont fix whatever is wrong inside you, but its not an enemy either. I also saw that many times people stay together out of comfort or fear of losing the monitary things they have, they also lose a lot of confidence, always competing with someone to prove they are better. I don't like that side of anyone, even myself, so I try to heal rather than hurt. Middle class places have taught me a lot more than all of the above combined. It taught me that secrets lurk in the most "peaceful" areas. A child molester can live right next door, the beautiful housewife can definitely be snorting coke, and the old lady across the street who always smiles at you and claims to "adore" your mother or whomever, is usually talking mad shit about you behind your back. But it also teaches some community sense. Like when to stick together so a landlord wont fuck everyone over, and when to say "This is your responsibility, I cannot interfere".

Each environment and experience adds to a person and can subtract. Witnessing bad things can make you want to lay down your arms and accept shitty circumstances, or get up and fight back with the right weapons: Knowledge, Diplomacy, and Personal Awareness.

Since obviously trying to put effort into a good discussion, I'll try to add my own experiences and write something worth reading.

Family
Immediate influences from family is one of those first and foremost underlying factors that shape an individual into who they are today. The culture rooted within familial everyday life dictate how people perceive situations and how they handle them.. there's just how it is.

For instance, I come from an Asian background -- a background in which high achievement is expected while being subservient, bookish, and quiet. Generalizations, yes, but I'm not going to lie about the fact that I fall within those stereotypes despite the image I put forth elsewhere. It's a part of being the 'model minority' -- ethnic minorities measured by their success and accolades -- that seems to be in the mindset of most Asian Americans and those who have immigrated to this country. A big source of this way of thinking emanates from families' who come from countries in which education is cherished due to substantial poverty. Whether someone didn't have the chance to have an education in their homeland, or they were overachievers at the top of their class because they valued the opportunity of being schooled in a proper institution, the expectation to excel always carries over to their offspring.

Peer Groups
My own personal growth with peer groups can be compared to anyone else. My group of friends have been, for the most part, Asians. Easy to identify with, easy to understand -- it's so much more uncomplicated in trying to have conversations.

But with this being said, there's always that group mentality that everyone should be cautious of.

Having been around Asians, predominately Filipinos, for a big chunk of my life, it's amazingly easy forget how to include others who aren't familiar with your culture. It's even moreso easy to dismiss opinions of those outsiders because they don't think the same way. I had an difficult time coming to terms that hanging out in droves of East Asian/Pacific Islanders doesn't exactly make you worldly or open to other walks of life, and have been trying to change that particular mindset for awhile.

School
I don't want to make this too long, but this can coincide with the cultural mentality of achievement I talked about from the start.